The Master and Margarita

The deep dramatic and satirical works of the outstanding Russian writer Mikhail Afanasyevich Bulgakov have become an integral part of the world cultural heritage. But a special place in his work rightfully belongs to the novel "The Master and Margarita".
The author worked on the novel for many years, endlessly correcting and rewriting the text. The satirical phantasmagoria about the adventures of the devil and his entourage in Moscow of the 1930s ultimately turned into a profound philosophical parable about fidelity and betrayal, evil and retribution, separations and reunions, death and resurrection. Each of the characters faces a choice: The Master must decide what to do with the creation of his life, Margarita - with whom she wants to share her fate, the procurator of Judea Pontius Pilate - to choose justice or a career, the wandering philosopher Yeshua Ha-Nozri - to abandon his beliefs or be executed. And each action becomes a contribution to the eternal confrontation between good and evil.
The illustrations for the book were created by the remarkable artist Andrei Kharschak. The clear graphic lines unexpectedly blur and slip away, like a mirage, becoming literally one with Bulgakov's iconic work.
Comments, including page-by-page notes by G. A. Lesskis and K. N. Atarova.
For older schoolchildren and adults.